Melissa Tondi

Consultant Manager

Rainforest QA

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Melissa Tondi

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I have spent most of my career working within software testing teams. I am the founder of Denver Mobile and Quality (DMAQ), former board member of Software Quality Association of Denver (SQuAD), and Strategist and Consultant Manager at Rainforest QA, where I assist teams to continuously improve the pursuit of quality software—from design to delivery and everything in between. In my software test and quality engineering careers, I have focused on building and organizing teams around three major tenets—efficiency, innovation, and culture – and I've created the Greatest Common Denominator (GCD) approach for determining ways in which team members can assess, implement and report on day to day activities so the gap between need and value is as small as possible.

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Finding Efficiencies in Software Testing

schedule 2 months ago

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60 Mins

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Intermediate

Many Agile testers feel like we never have enough time to fully test in a given sprint, cycle or other timeframe. We plan for the best case scenario, but, undoubtedly, something happens with our best-laid plans that cause us to feel like we "just didn't test enough." In this session, we will talk about the five areas that may be causing inefficiencies in your overall approach - to include test planning and duplication of testing to the left of QE. Melissa will discuss these five areas and you'll have a chance to share yours with the outcome to be practical solutions that can be implemented quickly. Once we have the plan to reduce or eliminate the inefficiencies, we'll talk about areas you may be able to spend more time in or add to your overall testing strategy – effectively adding more time to do what you do best!

The QE/QA Role: Supporting DevOps the Smart Way

schedule 2 months ago

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60 Mins

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Intermediate

In this talk, Melissa will share the main focus areas that QA/QE should explore within DevOps. Focusing on more valuable automation, shifting traditional “right” tasks left, and tailoring refinement to account for more efficient activities are some of the topics we’ll discuss. You’ll take away practical outcomes that will be relevant no matter where you are in your DevOps implementation.